Skip to content

RS: Added more details to create CA-signed certs#2965

Open
rrelledge wants to merge 8 commits into
mainfrom
DOC-6065
Open

RS: Added more details to create CA-signed certs#2965
rrelledge wants to merge 8 commits into
mainfrom
DOC-6065

Conversation

@rrelledge

@rrelledge rrelledge commented Mar 31, 2026

Copy link
Copy Markdown
Collaborator

Note

Low Risk
Markdown documentation only; no application, API, or infrastructure code changes.

Overview
Expands the Create CA-signed certificates section in create-certificates.md from short guidelines and a minimal OpenSSL example into an end-to-end operator guide.

Certificate requirements are consolidated into explicit rules: both TLS Web Server and TLS Web Client authentication in extended key usage (with a warning that server-only templates break TLS), required SAN DNS patterns for cluster FQDNs, key usage, SHA-256/512, RSA key size, and chain ordering in PEM files.

New procedural content covers OpenSSL (sample redis-cert.cnf, key/CSR generation, CSR verification, CA submission, chain assembly), Windows AD Certificate Services (custom template with client+server auth, certreq flow, PFX export and PEM conversion), pre-upload validation (openssl checks for EKU, SAN, chain, key match), install steps (chmod/chown and rladmin cluster certificate set with a cert-name table), and troubleshooting for SSLV3_ALERT_UNSUPPORTED_CERTIFICATE, CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED, key mismatch, and missing SANs.

The older split server/client certificate guidelines and the brief standalone Create certificates OpenSSL-only steps are largely replaced by this structure.

Reviewed by Cursor Bugbot for commit 263ba8f. Bugbot is set up for automated code reviews on this repo. Configure here.

@rrelledge rrelledge requested review from a team and yoavredis March 31, 2026 21:29
@rrelledge rrelledge self-assigned this Mar 31, 2026
@rrelledge rrelledge added the rs Redis Software label Mar 31, 2026
@github-actions

github-actions Bot commented Mar 31, 2026

Copy link
Copy Markdown
Contributor

DOC-6065

@github-actions

Copy link
Copy Markdown
Contributor

@jit-ci

jit-ci Bot commented Mar 31, 2026

Copy link
Copy Markdown

🛡️ Jit Security Scan Results

CRITICAL HIGH MEDIUM

✅ No security findings were detected in this PR


Security scan by Jit

@andy-stark-redis andy-stark-redis left a comment

Copy link
Copy Markdown
Contributor

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

One minor suggestion that might improve the clarity of the lists a bit, but otherwise language and links LGTM.

Comment thread content/operate/rs/security/certificates/create-certificates.md
Comment thread content/operate/rs/security/certificates/create-certificates.md Outdated
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment

Labels

rs Redis Software

Projects

None yet

Development

Successfully merging this pull request may close these issues.

3 participants